As McCandless did, I also see the freedom and life in nature. I enjoy just breathing in the fresh air and, by myself, soak in the sounds, smells, and sights nature has to offer. It can offer new meaning to ones life like Chris McCandless did. He searched far and wide in an extreme manor to find purpose in his life. Nature was what he strived for and found.
Although I do enjoy what our unmanned parts of the world have to offer, I could not permanently give up what our daily lives consist of. I rely on the technologies and other commodities in our world to survive. I love to take trips into nature and escape the chaos, but my life consists and will consist of the things i use today.
So, unlike Chris, I could not just throw everything away and travel. I may take vacations to desired get-aways, but i will probably never give up what I got. I enjoy the life i am living now and will continue to live it.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Chris McCandless was a bold man. He rebelled against the typical lifestyle that we all call "normal" and "right". Whether the actual cause was from lunacy or something else, nobody will ever truely know. But there is good evidence that this was not just an outburst of craziness. This could be seen as an act of foolishness, but to me, it was not. This was an adventure to find purpose in life and escape the world.
By going into the wilderness, I don't believe that Chris would have changed completely. I believe it was just a very long escape. I do in some ways think he would have returned home and maybe picked up life where he left off. No one will really know how this would have affected his life due to his unfortunate death.
I think what Chris did was his way of "sticking it to the world." He wanted to just focus on living for himself by himself. Chris fulfilled his goals in the end, but was unable to return to the normal society. Maybe this was for his own good and for good reason.
By going into the wilderness, I don't believe that Chris would have changed completely. I believe it was just a very long escape. I do in some ways think he would have returned home and maybe picked up life where he left off. No one will really know how this would have affected his life due to his unfortunate death.
I think what Chris did was his way of "sticking it to the world." He wanted to just focus on living for himself by himself. Chris fulfilled his goals in the end, but was unable to return to the normal society. Maybe this was for his own good and for good reason.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Tolstoy's story is a prime example of how the world is becoming, increasingly greedy. We strive for more things and when we receive our wants, we want to take it to the next level and get more. Although Tolstoy wrote this long ago, he could see how the world is becoming. This has been building up for a long time and, in my opinion, we are getting close to the limit of greed. This will eventually ruin everything.
If people continue on their track of greed, nothing will ever be good enough. I have no problem with advances in the world, but greed can bring out the worst in people. It often gets to the point where one ruins the lives of other just for their personal benefits. This has been done by stealing, lying, and even killing. Greed often throws morals out the window and ends with pain or negative affects to people.
In my opinion, this is a big problem in our country on a governmental level. With our current president (I'm not a good fan), there has been nothing done in office but an attempt to gain more power in office. This could be the doom to the way we live now. Say goodbye to democracy and hello to dictatorship.
If people continue on their track of greed, nothing will ever be good enough. I have no problem with advances in the world, but greed can bring out the worst in people. It often gets to the point where one ruins the lives of other just for their personal benefits. This has been done by stealing, lying, and even killing. Greed often throws morals out the window and ends with pain or negative affects to people.
In my opinion, this is a big problem in our country on a governmental level. With our current president (I'm not a good fan), there has been nothing done in office but an attempt to gain more power in office. This could be the doom to the way we live now. Say goodbye to democracy and hello to dictatorship.
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Nature is a wonderful and unpredictable thing. It is a provider, a murderer, a comforter, and much much more. It has shaped everything that has happened in the world and, if it does not agree, will react. Nature and I, along with many others, have a unique relationship. I love it dearly, grasp every moment i can spend with her, and respect what it has to offer. But I also fear what nature can do. With one blow, nature can take out huge populations, and if it is angered enough, might eliminate us all. But it is evident when or when not you can bask in her beauty. Nature's like a woman. Sometimes you can love her and make her happy, but at other times, no matter what you do, you will feel the wrath (lol).
I feel it is impossible to survive without dosages of nature. It would be hard to live (for me at least) without just kicking back and hanging with the birds, the bees, and the trees. To me, it can be an escape that cannot be replaced by any man made amusement. Its an addiction and there will be no point in my life where i will not crave the warm embrace of mother nature.
I believe our spiritual sides and nature go hand and hand. Nature fuels the soul. You can feel electricity in the air if you know how embrace it. It doesn't take much to find yourself when alone in the woods lying on your back in a meadow. Its bliss! But even when we die, we are one with nature, just six feet under.
I LOVE NATURE!
Nature is a wonderful and unpredictable thing. It is a provider, a murderer, a comforter, and much much more. It has shaped everything that has happened in the world and, if it does not agree, will react. Nature and I, along with many others, have a unique relationship. I love it dearly, grasp every moment i can spend with her, and respect what it has to offer. But I also fear what nature can do. With one blow, nature can take out huge populations, and if it is angered enough, might eliminate us all. But it is evident when or when not you can bask in her beauty. Nature's like a woman. Sometimes you can love her and make her happy, but at other times, no matter what you do, you will feel the wrath (lol).
I feel it is impossible to survive without dosages of nature. It would be hard to live (for me at least) without just kicking back and hanging with the birds, the bees, and the trees. To me, it can be an escape that cannot be replaced by any man made amusement. Its an addiction and there will be no point in my life where i will not crave the warm embrace of mother nature.
I believe our spiritual sides and nature go hand and hand. Nature fuels the soul. You can feel electricity in the air if you know how embrace it. It doesn't take much to find yourself when alone in the woods lying on your back in a meadow. Its bliss! But even when we die, we are one with nature, just six feet under.
I LOVE NATURE!
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